Bridle-bit.



No. 773,601. PATENTED NOV. 1.1904. J. H. SLAWSON.

BRIDLE BIT.

APPLICATION FILED .TAN.11. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

UNTTED STATES Patented November 1, 1904.

PATENT OEETcE.

JAMES HARDEN SLAVVSON, OF NORTON, INDIAN TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO IVILLIAM F. SLAISON, OF NORTON, INDIAN TER- RITORY.

BRlDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,601, dated November1, 1904. Application filed January 11, 1904. Serial No. 188,641. (Nomodel.)

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Be it known that LJAMES HAEDEN SLAwsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing' at Norton, in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, haveinvented a new and useful Bridle- Bit, of which the following is aspeciication.

This invention relates to improved bridle- 4bits, and has for its objectto improve and noted by like designati ng characters, Figure 1- is aperspective view of the improved device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation,partially in section, of one of the side members of the improved device.

The improved bridle-bit consists of two spaced cheek memberstransversely connected by a bit member and with or without aconnecting-bar at their lower ends, and as the cheek members areprecisely alike corresponding reference characters are employed for likeparts in each. The cheek members are each formed of a single piece ofwire of suitable gage to withstand the strains to which they will besubjected and bent into elongated loops with parallel spaced sides 10 11and preferably circular upper ends 12, with one side, as 10, extended atthe lower end and terminating in an eye 18 and with the other side bentlaterally and looped around the side 10 above its eye 13, as shown at14. The sides 10 11 are connected by coupling members 15, preferablycast thereon, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the side members 1011 beingfully embedded in the coupling members at the ends and centrally thereofand only partiallyembedded at other points, as shown. coupling membersare lightened materially without reduction of their strength or holdingpower upon the cheek members.

Connecting the coupling members 15 is a bar member which forms the bitproper of the device and is preferably formed of two rods 16 1T, closelyassociated and cast by their ends in the members 15 and with the rod 16bent centrally into a curb-loop 18. The lower By this means the extendedends of the sides 10 may also be connected by a transverse brace-bar 19,looped by its ends thereto between the eyes 13 and loop connections 14,as shown. The cheekstraps of the bridle(representedat 2O 21) will beconnected in theordinary manner to the rings 12, and the driving-reinswill be connected, as at 22 23, to the eyes 13.

By this simple means a very strong, durable, and rigid bridle-bitstructure is produced which may be cheaply manufactured and applied toany bridle or head-stall in common use.

rThe material employed for the cheek members and the bit and cross-barportions will preferably be steel of the required size, and the couplingmembers may be of iron, brass, or other metal or metallic compounds andplated, galvanized, or otherwise protected or ornamented.

The parts may be of any desired size and of any fanciful design and maybe otherwise modiiied in minor particulars without departing from theprinciple of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. A bridle-bitembodying two cheek members, each comprising a loop and a pair of spacedparallel arms, a double bit-bar one of which is provided with a curb,and coupling members cast around the arms and the terminals of thebit-bar.

2. A bridle-bit embodying two cheek members, each comprising a loop anda pair of spaced parallel arms, one of the arms terminating at its lowerend in an eye, and the other in an angular offset terminating in a loopto embrace the arm above the eye, a brace-bar having its terminalslooped around the two longer arms adjacent to the eye, a bitbar, andcoupling members cast around the arms throughout a portion of theirlength and the terminals of the bit-bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiiXedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES HARDEN SLAIVSON.

Vitnesses:

MATT H. OAMAN, WILLIAM HOGUE.

